A man who was banned from racing for threatening investigators has managed to get his suspension lifted and is believed to have bought a racing stable where it is expected his daughter will eventually train.

Banham is understood to have invested in Mulligan’s Yard near Cowlinge, a few miles from Newmarket. It is part of the stables formerly occupied by John Ferguson, who sent out more than 200 winners under National Hunt rules in just five seasons before handing in his licence in 2016.

Paul Howling has been brought out of retirement to be the licensed trainer, with Banham’s daughter as his assistant. “I was approached by Chelsea Banham in January and offered a position to train at Mulligan’s Yard,” Howling said.

Of Gary Banham, Howling said: “He bought the yard and it’s totally for Chelsea for the future. Well, I believe he bought the yard.” Asked about Banham’s trouble with the BHA, Howling replied: “I don’t really know much about it.

“I obviously have met him. He wanted to meet who his daughter was getting involved with, so I had to go through the ’father protecting daughter’ process and I found him a very nice fellow.”

Two BHA investigators got less of a welcome from Banham in March 2010 when they went to his Suffolk home by arrangement to ask questions about his bets against Sabre Light when that horse was beaten at Lingfield two years earlier. According to the evidence relayed in the eventual verdict, Banham became furious when one of the investigators moved to switch on his voice recorder, leaping from his chair and standing over the two men, “screaming abuse and threatening to throw punches”.

It took 15 minutes for Banham to calm down and answer questions. The investigators opted not to make a second attempt at turning on the voice recorder.

Banham, who had been a registered owner, did not attend the BHA’s hearing or respond to written questions about his behaviour. He was given a six-month ban for conduct prejudicial to the sport and was one of seven people banned indefinitely for failing to answer questions related to the case.

However, without recording the fact on their website, the BHA decided to lift the exclusion order against Banham in August 2015, following an approach by him.

Pressed as to the reason for that and whether someone with Banham’s history should be readmitted to racing, a spokesman for the ruling body said a disciplinary officer “lifted the exclusion based on a number of factors which included assurances from Banham”. It means Banham is no longer banned from racecourses or training stables and licensed professionals are once more allowed to talk to him about racing.

Howling was well liked during his first 25-year stint with a licence, though he struggled to attract quality animals or to sustain a double-figure strike rate. He said the new opportunity was “exciting” and sees his role as being to train up Chelsea Banham while also training the horses.

“She definitely will [take over] at some stage but she’s quite young and when she’s shown she’s had enough experience, I’m sure the BHA will grant her a licence,” Howling said. “It’s a lovely yard to train from. We’ve got a dozen in at the moment and I’m just waiting for the sales to come up. We’ve got people to buy horses and we’re going to fill the place up.”